Formation of exo–exo, exo–endo and tweezer conformation induced by axial ligand in a Zn(II) bisporphyrin: Synthesis, structure and properties
摘要:
A detailed structural and spectroscopic investigation of axial ligand coordination on Zinc(II)pyrrole-bridged bisporphyrin (Zn2DEP), have been reported here. Our findings demonstrate that the DEP ligand system provides a Pacman pocket with very high vertical and horizontal flexibility that leads to the formation of exo-endo, exo-exo and tweezer complexes of Zn-II(bisporphyrinato) depending upon the size and type of axial ligands used and all the complexes are isolated in solid and structurally characterized. While addition of excess 1-Me imidazole to Zn2DEP produces complex in which the axial ligand binds in the exo-endo fashion, addition of 3-Cl pyridine binds in exo-exo fashion. Here, six-membered aromatic ring occupy more space than that of five-membered ring and thus 3-Cl pyridine binds in an exo-exo fashion rather than exo-endo fashion which require even larger vertical flexibility of two porphyrin rings. However, addition of 1,2-diaminobenzene and pyrazine to Zn2DEP produce only tweezer complexes. The Zn center dot center dot center dot Zn non-bonding distances are 7.69 and 7.08 angstrom in the exo-endo and exo-exo form, respectively. In the tweezer complexes, however, the values of said distances are 5.61 and 7.11 angstrom with ODAB and pyrazine ligand, respectively. The Zn-Np distances are relatively shorter while Zn-N-ax(L) distances are longer in tweezer complexes compared to exo-endo/exo-exo forms. Also, the displacements of Zn from the mean porphyrin planes are much less in tweezers. H-1 NMR of the complexes in solution show large upfield shift of the axial ligand protons while protons of porphyrin subunits are shifted downfield. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.